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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Anjum Anand's Lime Cookies

When in doubt bake cookies,yeah.Does not take too much of your time/effort and satisfies your baking itch too.Most importantly,gets done in a jiffy.That's what attracts me most to a cookie.I mean,it is only a matter of few minutes when you can get everything done and get set for a cup of coffee with your just-baked cookies,isn't that wonderful?

I've seen this recipe on a lot of blogs and remember writing down the recipe long time back.While I was going through the recipe,I realized it is quite similar to the Cinnamon cookie,only the flavor is different.Without further ado,let me present a very simple[and basic]cookie recipe which can be experimented upon for different flavors.So which one are you gonna try?

Anjum Anand's Lime Cookies

Ingredients

Flour – ½ cup

Castor sugar – ¼ cup

Softened butter – ¼ cup

Lemon zest – ½ tsp

Juice of ½ a lemon

Almond flakes for garnishing

Method

Mix together the zest and powdered sugar with your finger tips till the sugar becomes moist and fragrant.

Mix all the ingredients to a smooth dough and keep aside for 20 minutes.

Roll the dough into ¼ inch thickness and cut into desired shapes-OR shape them into small balls and flatten them a little between your palms.

Press an almond sliver on top.

Place the cookies on a lightly greased cookie tray.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 15 minutes.

Cool on a wire rack.

Notes

The cookies spread out while baking so make sure you keep a good one inch distance between each cookie.

The lime flavor is not a dominating one,in fact there is a very faint taste of lime which gets even better the next day.

Rinku..I just rolled the cookie dough into small balls and flattened them a bit[which ends up in a round shape].You could try refrigerating the cookies on the tray[before baking] while you preheat the oven[for 5-10 minutes]and bake the cookies,which would not cause them to spread out and spoil the shape!